|| Lilac's POV ||

The tension in the room thickened, but I pressed on. “I came here with a proposition tonight— for you, Alexander.”

Alexander’s brow furrowed, his expression shifting from concern to curiosity.

“A proposition?” he asked, his tone cautious.

I nodded, my heart pounding in my chest. This was it. The moment I had been planning for. “I would like you to stand for the election of Alpha King.”

The room erupted into murmurs, the weight ...